[i]The monster held up its left wing to block the bone, membrane glistening with slime. With its other wing it would obscure Ruby's view of the rest of its body, so that she would be unable to see its long tail burrowing into the bones and snaking through them to get beneath her feet as she rushed in. The tail would surge upwards, seeking to wrap about her right ankle and jerk it out from under her to make her crash to the ground. If this occurred, then it would release her with its tail as it began clawing its way across the bones, moving as quickly as a spider does across a web. It would be upon the fallen Ruby in mere moments, the silent horror trying to clamp its rancid jaws upon her left leg before she could get up or scuttle backwards.[/i]